{"id":3275,"date":"2020-05-12T16:41:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T23:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3275"},"modified":"2020-05-12T16:41:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T23:41:29","slug":"hobart-herd-devotional-psalms-14-5-12-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3275","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotional – Psalms 14 – 5-12-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 14 \u2013\n5-12-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   No one likes to be characterized as a\nfool.  No one likes to admit that he\/she\nis totally under the control of sin and falls short of God\u2019s standards.  Psalms 14 is a reminder that left to our own\nchoice and will, we choose sin and rebel against God.  We do not have the power in ourselves to meet\nGod\u2019s standard of perfect holiness.  One\nBible tract I sometimes use says, saying that I can meet God\u2019s standards is\nlike trying to throw a rock across the ocean in order to get into heaven.  You may be able to throw it far, but you will\nnever throw it across the ocean.  We are\nfools is we think that we can just not believe or seek after God and not pay\nthe consequences.  If God is a Righteous\nJudge, He cannot allow sin to go unpunished. \nThe definition of sin is anything that falls short of God\u2019s perfection\nin act attitude or will.  I am a sinner\nin need of God\u2019s mercy and grace provided in Jesus\u2019 death, burial, and\nresurrection bringing the Atoning Sacrifice for my sin.  He paid the price for my sin, and by faith\nand trust in Him, I can know that God has accepted me in Christ.(John 1:12)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Back to the connection of Psalms 14 and the\nmessage of the Gospel in all of Scripture. \nThis Psalm reminds me of man\u2019s Total Depravity.  In other words, how utterly we are lost in\nsin outside of Christ.  There is truly\nnone righteous!  I can hear it now, there\nare lots of good people out there.  I am\nreminded of an example.  Let\u2019s say I made\na pan of brownies to share with everyone, and I only put a pinch of cyanide in\nthe batter.  What part would you be\nwilling to eat?  What if I thought that\nonly a few of the brownies were affected? \nThat is what sin is in the hearts and lives of every person.  It literally physically and spiritually\ncauses death.  The only answer is Jesus\nlife giving blood, that took the poison of sin for me.  God has to righteously judge all sin.(vs.\n4-5)  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Praise God we can know that God is on the\nside of the righteous.  He will be our\nRefuge because His Son came to give me Life Eternal.(vs. 6)  I can pray like David, even so come quickly\nLord Jesus and set this old sinful world straight!  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, may I never forget that I am a\nfoolish sinner except for the Grace, Truth, and life provided by Your Son.  I have no power in and of myself to live and\nact righteously.  Thank you for placing\nYour Holy Spirit within me, empowering me to live in Christ\u2019s\nrighteousness.  In Jesus Name, Amen.\nPastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 14 \u2013 5-12-20    No one likes to be characterized as a fool.  No one likes to admit that he\/she is totally under the control of sin and falls short of God\u2019s standards.  Psalms 14 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3276,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275\/revisions\/3276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}